Santa Lucia Division All-League Football team
PCAL Santa Lucia Top Players
Offensive Player of the Year: Johrdan Garibay, St. Francis
Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Valencia, St. Francis
Lineman of the Year: Saul Noel Aquino, St. Francis
First team offense
Cash Rosburg, Harbor, QB
Johrdan Garibay, St. Francis, RB
Isaac Ortiz, Pajaro Valley, RB
Alonso Barcenas, Greenfield,...
Aptos’ dynamic duo win league’s top honors | All-SCCAL baseball
Aptos High baseball team capped off on another historical run in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League this season by winning its third straight league crown with the help of a pair of key contributors.
Junior Matt Hood—along with Santa Cruz High senior Oscar Knapp—was...
Aptos’ Laurel Southall earns All-SCCAL First Team honors | Girls basketball
Aptos High junior guard Laurel Southall earned All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League First Team honors following a strong performance on the court this season.
The coaches within the league recognized Southall for helping the Mariners girls’ basketball team to an 8-18 overall record this...
Local athletes qualify for CIF State Wrestling Championships | Sports Roundup
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior Danisha Nunez was laser focused going into her 106-pound division title match at last week’s CCS Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High.
But an attempt to overthrow Evergreen Valley junior Sabrina Tran backfired on her. In a blink of an eye, Nunez was...
Revamped Mustangs believe the sky’s the limit | PCAL football preview
For the past three years, Dominic Pierini has experienced just one winning season as the starting quarterback for the Monte Vista Christian football program.
It came in 2023 when the 6-foot-3,195-pound slinger led them to a 6-4 overall record and on the brink of qualifying...
Mustangs brought closer together by building brotherhood | HS football
WATSONVILLE—The word “brotherhood” has been preached quite a lot since the Monte Vista Christian School football team began to condition in June.
That fellowship continues to grow as senior Aiden Keegan along with some of the other upperclassmen consistently analyze the second-team during practice, applauding...
Condors’ football team confident to have turnaround season
CASTROVILLE—Last year was the first time North Monterey County High junior Steven Poudrier ever put on a uniform for the Condors’ football team.
The 5-foot-5-inch, 142-pound receiver started off on the JV team and his work ethic was through the roof.
NMC coach Juan Cuevas couldn’t...
St. Francis’ Nash Horton, Watsonville’s Amelia Martinez named Preps of the Week | Pajaronian Sports Ticker
This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of April 1-7 and March 30.
Preps of the Week
Boys: St. Francis High junior Nash Horton tallied six base hits to go along with six RBIs and...
‘Catz on the verge of becoming league contenders | Boys basketball
WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High senior Karlos Corpus was fully confident the boys’ basketball team would end non-league on a high note prior to the start of league play in early January.
The standout forward had 15 points including four 3-pointers but it wasn’t enough to help the...
Mariners place third in Division III race | CCS boys cross country
Aptos senior Vincent Sanford-Carroll threw on a pair of headphones prior to last week’s race at the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships in Belmont.
He was rocking out to some of his favorite songs, including “Dream On” by Aerosmith. It’s a tune that’s calming...
Letters to the Editor, April 24-30
Keeping our eye on the Clock
My father, an Air Force fighter pilot, and our family, were stationed in Yokohama Japan in 1947 as part...






















